Worried about dozing off during your favorite TV show? You might be able to remove it from your worries list in near future.
Two young students, Ryan Oliver(15) and Jonathan Kingsley(14) were given a task by Virgin media. The task is our problem description. They need to find a solution for missing TV shows due to sleep. And these two young kids are now working with KipstR wristband.
At first many people wondered why Virgin media asked two ordinary young kids to be partners with them in a task like this. These two kids are young, definitely not ordinary. These two have been working together for long time. They have been creating software, helping big brands with solution for critical problems and unique ideas since they were around nine years old.
So what is KipstR? A simple wristband-like device that will record the TV shows when you fall asleep while watching it. This device, which is now a prototype, will do this by measuring the blood flow and amount of oxygen in blood with the help of pulse. It communicates to Virgin media TiVo box through a wireless sensor.
This device is currently just a prototype. These kids are planning to give it a trial this Christmas. Interested UK customers can register their interest in KipstR band here.
Why just UK customers? Because this band is currently limited only to UK customers of Virgin media. It is expected that upon successful functioning, Virgin media will make it available to worldwide market within an year.
No more worries of missing favorite TV shows. Just wear KipstR and watch them. You don't have to wake whole night, suffer your next morning and you won't miss the programs too.
To know about another fascinating wearable device, click here.
History has seen lot of individuals who adore science and human welfare take ultimate risks. Forssmann is one among them. This guy risked his life to develop an important medical procedure - Cardiac Catheterization.
Werner Forssmann (Werner Theodor Otto Forssmann) was a German physician who got his degree in medicine from University of Berlin.
He proposed a hypothesis regarding cardiac treatment. His idea was to send a catheter through vain to heart and perform diagnosis/treatment using that. Sort of modified endoscope (developed in 1806).
The problem with his hypothesis is, if injuries happen to heart due to this, it would be fatal. Though Forssmann believed that the possibility is very low, he couldn't prove his theory as nobody was ready to risk their life.
Out of desperation, Forssmann decided to prove this using himself. Not listening to his director as well as the nurse who assisted him for this experiment (that nurse assisted him only after getting a promise that he will make the trial on her, not on him. But she was tricked by Forssmann), Forssmann tested his theory on himself.
He inserted a catheter through vein from his lower arm all the way to right atrium of heart. He took a X-Ray picture of it as a proof.
Though he was fired from his job for not listening to his superior officer, this experiment brought him - fame, a job in hospital as Surgeon, a Honorary Professor job and a Nobel Prize (For Medicine in 1956/shared with two more people).
His Cardiac Catheter procedure helps doctors to diagnose and also to treat some heart conditions. Doctors use this to detect plaques, blockages in arteries. Sometimes they even take samples of blood/heart muscle or perform minor surgeries.
Werner has risked his life to prove this procedure. He bet his heart to develop a procedure that has been saving numerous hearts since then.
To know about another guy who risked his life for science, click here
